gravitylover

I don't usually radiate well being high on a hillside, this was more widespread. Like I said, it was 40s well into CT.

47 in my driveway at 6:30 this morning. It was in the upper 40s all the way through CT until about 8am. Nice morning

This front is moving too slowly... It's so soggy out there

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It might be weakening but there are some pretty intense embedded downpours. I pulled a half inch in just a few minutes as the leading edge got here and just got another .3 in 15 minutes.

Pouring again. The first round was intense, a half inch in just a few minutes! It sounded like a million little kids running around on the roof. I'm with LB on the too wet thing. I haven't had many problems with mold allergies in a few years but the last few weeks it's become a problem.

It's absolutely pouring out there (again). The first round unloaded a half inch in just a few minutes.

I don't know what is worse, having to conserve water because the pressure in the well is inconsistent or constant wetness, mold, mildew and a failing garden. I'm gonna go with too wet is worse... I'm really tired of this year... #bringbackthedrought

Uggh

We see how well that works during blizzards. I think the bottom line is NWS issues watches and warnings and people being people will then go on to make their decisions based on their needs at the moment. Even knowing better I've made some questionable decisions over the years when it comes to moving water over roadways when turning around wasn't a better option or the end goal was important.

Explaining that the watches and warnings have to cover a fairly large area is useless. People can't understand the nuances, they just don't have it in them.

Another soggy day

Aww man... lol Today ended up disappointingly wet. Only a few hundredths but it was heavy enough at the beginning to soak everything and it stayed wet all day with a bit more "encouragement".

^^ The wisdom of the ages (aged?)

Great. Now ya got me picturing of a hairy old man standing in front of a mirror in his boxers checking out his chest hairs. Thanx.

You don't, it's native to the northeast. Pollinators love it.

It wasn't that long ago. Hell, I was already old enough to drink (legally!). Oh wait... That was a long time ago

So you're not thinking rain potential Sunday morning now?

One thing about the 14+ inches from Floyd was it fell on rock hard, parched ground and it ran off hard and fast. The runoff did the most damage and most of that was in natural rather than built up areas. Large swaths of hillsides were denuded and small creeks turned into raging torrents 10+ feet deep permanently altering watercourses.

Knowing very little about this other than "the dream" I think that having UV "scrubbers" and other modern treatment and filtration stations at regular intervals throughout the system ought to solve this problem. Irene, Lee and the snowstorm were devastating here. Power out for 5 days after Irene with over a quarter of the roads impassable from downed trees then an insane amount of frozen paste from the snowstorm that took the power out for another 7 days truly sucked. The media pretty much stopped talking about both the day after the initial event. Then again a year later when Sandy took out a few thousand trees followed by the pre Halloween foot and a half snowstorm left us without power for about 10 days. Oh and don't forget the March '18 snowstorm that knocked the power out for 8 days with temps in the teens and 20s.

One of my lifetime dreams is to see a continental water delivery system. A series of pipelines connecting the major drainages so water can be moved from places with too much to places that don't have enough. Water for people, water for agriculture and water for industry. I know - treatment, etc. but where there's a will there's a way. Think of the millions of jobs it would create, think of places that are getting harder and harder to live or places that are burning to the ground. I know it won't ever happen but it's something I've been thinking about for 40 years...

A few hundredths either side of 6" in 24 hours. Other than a few spots where water seeped through the foundation where the gutters overflowed it looks like we skated through this one. Some properties down the hill weren't so lucky. I know one person that lost most of the property when it washed away and tore their septic tank out of the ground and floated it 50 feet down to the neighbors driveway.

.4 in the last 30 minutes and now it's really pouring. It's blowing pretty good too.

Just passed 2" a little while ago. The rain is now the hardest it has been all day so that number ought to go up pretty quickly. The wind is starting to worry me.